Found Family, Forests, and Fantastical Storytelling from “In the Lives of Puppets” – Chicago Review of Books

Found Family, Forests, and Fantastical Storytelling from “In the Lives of Puppets” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] With In the Lives of Puppets, Lambda Literary Award-winning TJ Klune offers speculative fiction and young adult readers a fresh new tale. By loosely adapting The Adventures of Pinnochio, Klune tells the endearing story of a father creating life under unorthodox circumstances and a boy on a dangerous journey to a far-off land and … Read more

Unsteady and Yet Gripping Storytelling “The Committed” – Chicago Review of Books

Unsteady and Yet Gripping Storytelling “The Committed” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] It’s easy to feel like you really know a character after reading a confessional novel. But like people, characters evolve too. In a great novel, they react and change with their conditions. Such is the case in The Committed, Viet Thanh Nguyen’s thrilling sequel to his Pulitzer Prize winning debut novel, The Sympathizer. When … Read more

Storytelling is Power in “A Girl is a Body of Water” – Chicago Review of Books

Storytelling is Power in “A Girl is a Body of Water” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Kirabo presses against the boundaries of tradition in her small village of Nattetta, Uganda. She does not outright reject her people’s customs, but her desire to learn where she comes from—specifically, the history of her mother—drives her to seek help along the edge of what tradition allows to find her own way into womanhood. … Read more